Hoping for an NHL thaw

'Peters inked a two-year deal with the Sabres the week the lockout began after earning $350,000 as a rookie last season. He said any kind of link between player salaries and league revenues would hurt role players such as him the most.“Guys at the bottom of the totem pole, we have to know that these guys are sacrificing millions and millions and millions of dollars for guys like me,” he said. “I’m doing it for my own good and for the game.”'